Family members of Malaysia Airlines flight attendant Nur Shazana Mohamed Salleh, one of the Malaysians who perished aboard flight MH17 that was downed in eastern Ukraine, cry during a burial ceremony in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur on August 22, 2014. Black-clad Malaysians paused for a minute of silence Friday on a nationwide day of mourning...

A Russian military channel has shown footage of a missile attack by Ukrainian forces on civilians in the east of the country. Just one problem, Kyiv says — the video clip actually shows a failed Russian rocket launch from last year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Ukraine declared on Friday that Russia had launched a “direct invasion” of its territory after Moscow sent a convoy of aid trucks across the border into eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian rebels are fighting government forces. …read more Source: The Toronto...

URALO-KAVKAZ, Ukraine—Russia sent dozens of aid trucks into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday without Kiev’s approval, saying its patience had worn out with the Ukrainian government’s stalling tactics. Ukraine called the move a “direct invasion.” The white-tarped semis carrying food, water, generators and sleeping bags sent from...

The white trucks, which Moscow says are carrying only humanitarian aid, have been held up at the border for more than a week over fears they could be a ruse to resupply separatists.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...

A sombre repatriation ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, as a day of mourning is held across Malaysia. It’s been more than a month since the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot out of the skies above eastern Ukraine. Now finally the bodies of 20 Malaysian passengers have arrived back in the capital. Families of the victims gathered at the...

The first of several Russian trucks in a convoy filled with humanitarian aid crossed over into eastern Ukraine on Friday (August 22), a Reuters witness said. The witness said about 70 trucks, accompanied by a small number of pro-Russian rebels were on the road towards Luhansk. The convoy as been stranded at the frontier between the two former...